§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Minister for Energy if he will publish a table showing the net outflow of miners, over and above recruitment, from the mining industry in each year since 1960; and, of these, how many left voluntarily before normal retirement age, and how many became redundant.
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§ Mr. EmeryFigures on wastage and net outflow from the mining industry for 1960 and 1965–1972 were published in Table 25 of "United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 1973" (HMSO, 1973). This table relates to all wage earners on NCB colliery books, and shows—among other causes of wastage—how many became redundant and how many left voluntarily before normal retirement age. It is not possible to analyse the net outflow by cause of wastage. The following figures relate to years not included in the published table:
Year Net outflow Total voluntary wastage* Number total redundancies 1961 21,822 52,333 401 1962 24,952 35,552 Not available 1963 25,618 23,589 4,334 1964 26,037 35,013 2,227 1965 37,731 44,902 1,844 1966 32,434 39,893 3,243 1967 32,001 28,168 7,196 1968 57,257 29,175 24,418 1969 24,949 24,673 9,582 1970 16,472 22,398 6,148 1971 4,299 15,240 4,182 1972 12,859 9,673 6,817 1973† 20,559 21,360 7,264 * "Other wastage" in published table. † Provisional.
§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Minister for Energy if he will publish the total wage bill of the National Coal Board, together with the amount of its current offer to the National Union of Mine-workers.
§ Mr. EmeryThe total wage bill of the National Coal Board in 1972–73 was £467.4 million. The annual cost of the board's offer to the National Union of Mineworkers is £44.5 million, calculated in accordance with the current Price and Pay Code. That amount represents 13 per cent. of the miners' pay bill, as defined in the code. In addition, the board has proposed, subject to approval by the Pay Board, to introduce a productivity scheme which could add a further 3½ per cent.